[Magdalen] Fwd: Like I Was Puzzled.

[Judy Fleener]

In this thread I am reminded of what my kids used well into their teens,
instead of he said, she said or like they would say she goes "..."  and I
go' "...".  It was never went.  Drove me batty.

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:31 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> To: magdalen at herberthouse.orgMay
> Sent: 12/4/2014  10:23:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
> Subj: Re: [Magdalen] Like I Was  Puzzled.
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> In a message dated 12/4/2014 4:10:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> michaudme at gmail.com writes:
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> One of  my childhood memories is total mystification about
> khakis and car keys.  And our beloved neighbor Mary. We
> always visited her on Christmas Eve to  wish her a Mary
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> The linguists are always mentioning whether the Mary-Merry-Marry
> "merger is complete" in describing a regional accent.
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> Many of the Eastern USA areas still have distinct pronunciation of
> all three, and others two out of three.  Much of the rest of the  USA
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> The merger in the Upper Midwest is complete, so attempting to  separate
> the pronunciation of the three is very difficult.
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> One set of the three words:    (though there are endless  variations)
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> Marry = Maa-ry
> Mary  = May-ry
> Merry = Mair-ee
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Judy Fleener, ObJN
Western Michigan